Etna volcano (Italy), activity update: new ash emissions from the New Southeast Crater

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Etna volcano (Italy), activity update: new ash emissions from the New Southeast Crater

Thursday Feb 16, 2012 12:01 PM | BY: T

Emissions of ash on the morning of February 16, 2012

New ash eruptions have started from Etna's New SE crater. Etna-walk.com informs weak ash emissions were first seen this morning on the webcam and were occurring at a frequency of a few minutes of each other, originating from the summit crater of the cone. The ash plumes rose a few tens of meters beyond the crater edge and were then blown to the east into the Valle del Bove. It was not possible to estimate the exact time this activity has started (due to bad weather preventing detailed observations in recent days). At the moment, visibility is limited due to intermittent cloud cover in the summit area.
Whether this heralds another slow (or fast?) build-up towards paroxysm nr 21, the next days or weeks will tell!

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Emissioni di cenere dal Cratere di SudEst (LAST UPDATE 07:16 UTC+1) - giovedì, 16 febbraio 2012 (Etna-Walk)

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